Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt diskrimineshɔn pan wɛlbɔdi biznɛs? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt institiushɔnal rasis

Sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri bɔt wan man we nem Sɛrina Wiliams we sabi ple tɛnis na di wɔl. Afta i bɔn in gyal pikin insay 2017, in layf bin de na di layn. Serena bin gɛt istri bɔt blɔd we bin de rɔtin na in lɔng. We i nɔ bin izi fɔ am fɔ blo afta i bɔn pikin, i bin tɛl wan nɔs se i nid fɔ gɛt CT skan ɛn wan blɔd tinap wantɛm wantɛm. Bɔt di nɔs bin tink se i nɔ bin no natin bikɔs ɔf di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek i nɔ fil pen. Bɔt Sɛrina bin kɔntinyu fɔ aks. Afta sɔm tɛm, we dɛn tek CT skan, dɛn si se bɔku blɔd dɔn klɔt na in lɔng. Serena se na di dɔktɔ dɛn sev in layf, bɔt di tin we apin sho big tin to di sosayti. Dat min se, di ay risk dɛn we uman dɛn we kɔmɔt na sɔm trayb dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn de bɔn pikin.

Di rizin dɛn fɔ dis kin kɔmpleks. Bikɔs ɔf di soshal inɛkwaliti, uman dɛn we kɔmɔt na sɔm etnik grup dɛn kin gɛt bɛlɛ wit difrɛn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gɛt diskrimineshɔn bak we dɛn de kia fɔ dɛn wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Risach dɔn sho se sɔm dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ kin spɛn bɔku tɛm wit blak pipul dɛn pas wayt pipul dɛn. Dɛn nɔr kin lisin to wetin dɛn de tɔk ɔr kin tek dɛn sik siriɔs wan. Dis nɔto jɔs fɔ bɔn pikin. Ripɔt dɔn sho se di kwaliti fɔ kia we pipul dɛn we nɔ bɔku kin gɛt kin smɔl pan bɔku tin dɛn, lɛk dayabitis, at sik, ɛn tritmɛnt fɔ kansa.

Wetin na dis institiushɔnal rasis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, rasis na wan sistɛm we de mek ɛn mek pipul dɛn nɔ ikwal bitwin difrɛn kɔlɔ dɛn. Dis kin apin na difrɛn lɛvul dɛn. Institiushɔnal rasis na we diskrimineshɔn de apin insay wan institiushɔn, lɛk di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs sistɛm.

Tink bɔt am, bɔku tɛm dɔktɔ dɛn, nɔs dɛn, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin rili bisin bɔt ɔda pipul dɛn ɛn dɛn kin tink gud wan bɔt dɛn. Bɔt dɛn na pipul dɛn bak we de liv na dis sosayti. So we dɛn bizi, we di prɛshɔn de bɔku, di stereotypes we dɛn dɔn rayz dɛn kin kɔmɔt. Dɛn kɔl dis `` implisit bias''. Dis nɔto sɔntin we dɛn kin du wit ɔl dɛn at.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɔktɔ kin tink se pɔsin we sik nɔ de tek in mɛrɛsin fayn, so dɛn kin tɛl am fɔ du ɔda tritmɛnt. Insay wan stɔdi, dɔktɔ dɛm wae bin si blak pipul dɛm as "uncooperative" nɔr kin rifer dɛm fɔ tritmɛnt fɔ hat atak, ivin if dɛn gɛt simptom dɛm fɔ hat atak.

Aw dis kin afɛkt di edyukeshɔn fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn

Bikɔs ɔf dɛn kayn we aw pipul dɛn kin bisin bɔt ɔda pipul dɛn, sɔm dɔktɔ dɛn kin go na mɛdikal skul wit sɔm bad we aw pipul dɛn kin tink. Wan stɔdi we dɛn bin du sho se af pan di wayt pipul dɛn we bin de stɔdi bɔt mɛrɛsin bin biliv lay lay lay lay stori dɛn bɔt blak pipul dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn bin biliv se dɛn skin tik ɔ dɛn nɛv ɛnd nɔ kin fil fayn.

Di masta sabi pipul dɛm se dɛn de mek dis bias strɔng ɔlsay na di ɔl wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, inklud di mɛdikal skul dɛm ɛn nɔs skul dɛm. I de insay di kɔrikulu sɛf. Dis bias kin ivin si na mεdikal buk dεm wae gεt pikchכ dεm fכ di sayn dεm.

Wan stɔdi sho se bɔku buk dɛn we dɛn kin rayt bɔt mɛrɛsin nɔ kin sho di sayn dɛn we pipul dɛn we gɛt dak skin kin gɛt. Fɔ siks kɔmɔn kayn kansa, nɔrbɔdi nɔr bin gɛt wan pikchɔ wae de sho di sayn dɛm fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt dak skin. Dis kin bi di rizin we mek pipul dɛn we gɛt dak skin kin day wit kansa na dɛn skin . Bikɔs i kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ no di sik, i kin dɔn go bifo pas di tɛm we dɛn no se i gɛt am.

Pantap dat, dɛn stil de tich mɛrɛsin bay di aidia se di rays na bikɔs ɔf difrɛns pan dɛn jɛnɛtiks ɔ bayolojikal tin dɛn pas fɔ bi sɔshal ɛn pɔlitikal tin dɛn. Ivin tide, sɔm pan di tin dɛn ɛn fɔmula dɛn we dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz fɔ gi pɔsin tritmɛnt na di rays. As sɔntin we dɛn nɔ bin want fɔ du, sɔm sik pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, dɛn kin transplant dɛn ɔgan dɛn, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin sɛn dɛn to spɛshal pipul dɛn.

Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ ridyus di kia we dɛn de kia fɔ pipul dɛn we nɔ bɔku?

Dis institiushɔnal rasis na wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin mek dɛn nɔ de kia fɔ di pipul dɛn we nɔ bɔku. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin si dis pan ɔl di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn, di risach dɔn pe atɛnshɔn mɔ pan dɛn tin ya.

Wan ɔganayzeshɔn we de tɔk bɔt dis prɔblɛm na di All of Us risach program. Mɔ pas 80% pan di wan dɛn we tek pat pan am kɔmɔt na kɔmyuniti dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ ripɔt pan mɛdikal risach, ɛn pas 50% kɔmɔt frɔm grup dɛn we gɛt difrɛn kɔlɔ ɛn etnik grup dɛn. Di op na dat program dɛm lɛk dis go mek di data ɛn insayt dɛm we dɛn nid fɔ mek ɔlman gɛt ikwal, inkluziv wɛlbɔdi kia.

Dis prɔblɛm nɔ de fɔ Amɛrika ɔ ɛni ɔda kɔntri nɔmɔ. Insay ɛni sosayti, dɛn kayn bias dɛn de we dɛn nɔ no se kin apin. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ mek wi ɔl no bɔt wi rayt dɛn as pɔsin we sik ɛn wi wok fɔ du as wɛlbɔdi wokman dɛn.